Brand-new Leopards front row for WP
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:39
The winless Leopards have a brand-new front row for their Currie Cup clash with Western Province at Newlands on Saturday.
Props Johan Coetzee (tighthead) and Bennie Uys (loosehead) start together for the first time in their professional careers, having played together for Pukke.
They take the place of Barend van der Walt, who has been struggling with the flu and drops onto the bench, and Nardus Lombaard who is left out altogether.
The final change to the front row sees Marthinus van der Westhuizen regains the starting berth at hooker in place of Gavin Williamson.
The only change to the backline that did duty against the Pumas is at inside centre, where Cecil Dumond takes over from Bernd Theisinger who suffered a mild stroke during the match against the Pumas on Friday.
Theisinger is currently in hospital in Bloemfontein, while the other regular centre, Walter Venter, is out with a knee injury.
The final change is on the bench where Neill Jacobs takes Dumond's place, having recovered from the injury that kept him out of the Pumas' clash.
Leopards: 15 Danie Dames, 14 Deon Scholtz, 13 Jovan Bowles, 12 Cecil Dumond, 11 Dumisani Matyeshana, 10 Clayton Durand, 9 Theo van Wyk, 8 Riaan Swanepoel, 7 Reginald Kember, 6 Wilhelm Koch (captain), 5 Brad Mockford, 4 Anthonie Gronum, 3 Johan Coetzee, 2 Marthinus van der Westhuizen, 1 Bennie Uys.
Replacements: 16 Gavin Williamson, 17 Barend van der Walt, 18 Edrich Linde, 19 Christo van Niekerk, 20 Divan Kotze, 21 Neill Jacobs, 22 Cornelius Rautenbach.
Date: Saturday, September 11
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Kick-off: 17.00 (15.00 GMT)
Referee: Sindile Mayende
Assistant referees: François Veldsman, Eugenia Daniels
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